沉默的证人16

Sixteen,MRS. TANIOS,“Gentleman to see you, madame.”,The woman who was sitting writing at one of the tables in the writing room of the DurhamHotel turned her head and then rose, coming towards us uncertainly.,Mrs. Tanios might have been any age over thirty. She was a tall, thin woman with dark hair,rather prominent light “boiled gooseberry ” eyes and a worried face. A fashionable hat was perchedon her head at an unfashionable angle and she wore a rather depressed-looking cotton frock.,“I don’t think—
” she began vaguely ¹.,“I have just come from your cousin, Miss Theresa Arundell.”,“Oh! from Theresa? Yes? ”,“Perhaps I could have a few minutes’ private conversation?
”,Mrs. Tanios looked about her rather vacantly. Poirot suggested a leather sofa at the far end ofthe room.,As we made our way there a high voice squeaked ² out:,He looked vaguely before him with unseeing eyes.他迷迷糊糊的望着前面 ，对一切都视而不见 。,The radio squeaked five. 收音机里嘟嘟地发出五点钟报时讯号
。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》